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Events at the Henry Royce Institute

And from around the Materials Community

Royce Training: Milling, Particle Characterisation, Tube Furnaces and Hardness Testing with Verder Scientific
07
May

07 May 2025 - 08 May 2025
All Day

In Collaboration with Verder Scientific, this course explores milling, particle characterisation, tube furnaces and hardness testing techniques involved in the fabrication of advanced materials. The content will cover the application of these processes across Royce’s research areas in advanced metals processing, biomedical materials, chemical materials design, and nuclear materials.


Event Type: Training


Lead Partner:University of Manchester


Location: Royce Hub Building

IOP British Carbon Group: Research into Carbon Treatment and Recycling
14
May

14 May 2025
All Day

Hosted by the British Carbon Group, this event will explore the technical and scientific aspects of carbon research with the potential to be applied to nuclear decommissioning. There is an opportunity for UK researchers to play a key role in emergent technologies, especially those that could be transferred from other industries and applications.


Event Type: Conference


Lead Partner:University of Manchester


Location: Henry Royce Institute Hub Building

GROWTH UK Online Seminar 4: Testing batteries performance - Elucidating chemical degradation and SEI formation in batteries with microchip-based electrochemistry mass spectrometry
14
May

14 May 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

In this online seminar, Dr. Bethan Davies, Research Associate. Imperial College London will give a talk on Testing batteries performance – Elucidating chemical degradation and SEI formation in batteries with microchip-based electrochemistry mass spectrometry


Event Type: Webinar


Lead Partner:Imperial College London

CHEMUK 2025
21
May

21 May 2025 - 22 May 2025
All Day

CHEMUK is the UK’s leading trade show supporting the R&D, engineering, sourcing, manufacture, and management of chemicals and formulated products.


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Lead Partner:none


Location: The NEC | Birmingham

Royce Training: An Introduction to Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (EDS)
22
May

22 May 2025
9:30 am - 4:15 pm

This course will provide an introduction to energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis for alloys at the Royce Hub Building in Manchester.

The content will introduce the concepts for the generation of X-rays for alloy analysis and EDS techniques on bulk samples. Participants will cover experimental produres, quantification methods, sample preparation and analysis artefacts. The course aims to develop understanding and guidance for practical experimentation to ensure the collection of high-quality EDS data.


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Lead Partner:University of Manchester


Location: Royce Hub Building

GROWTH UK Online Seminar 5: Graphene and 2D material deposition at the GEIC
11
June

11 June 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

In this online seminar, Dr. Andrew Strudwick, Application Manager at the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre will give a talk on Graphene and 2D material deposition at the GEIC


Event Type: Webinar


Lead Partner:University of Manchester

Royce Training: Analysing Your XPS Data
26
June

26 June 2025 - 27 June 2025
9:00 am - 4:30 pm

This workshop aims to bring together the local XPS user community to learn how to begin analysing XPS data. Through the demonstration of basic analysis principles, working with training datasets, and user-submitted examples, the content will help users of the university’s XPS facilities develop understanding of best practice approaches to exploring their own data.


Event Type: Skills


Lead Partner:University of Manchester


Location: Royce Hub Building

Microscience Microscopy Congress 2025 (mmc25)
01
July

01 July 2025 - 03 July 2025
All Day

The Microscience Microscopy Congress (mmc) will be back in 2025! One of the biggest events of its kind in Europe, mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025 will bring you the very best in microscopy, imaging and cytometry from across the globe.


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Lead Partner:none

AICOMP 2025: Artificial Intelligence for Composite Materials Conference
01
September

01 September 2025 - 03 September 2025
All Day

Discover the latest advancements in AI-driven design, manufacturing, and evaluation of composite materials.

AIComp 2025 offers a unique platform for networking, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing to address the challenges and opportunities in this rapidly evolving industry.


Event Type: Conference


Lead Partner:none

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NTPMI Workshop: Big Data Handling for Research Technical Professionals: Best Practice Workshop
31 March 2025 - 01 April 2025    
All Day
This NTPMI workshop for Research Technical Professionals will consider the various challenges in handling data in materials science, such as: i) specification of metadata; ii) methods of compression or down-sampling; iii) data storage and retention practices; iv) sharing and tools for access. The idea is to gather perspectives on the above aspects to instigate discussions around working methods and best practices.
GROWTH UK Online Seminar 3: PVD growth of multilayer structures for superconductor spintronics and nuclear fusion applications
02 April 2025    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
In the next online seminar, Dr. Adrian Ionescu, Senior Scientist at Royce Technology Platform Physical Vapour Deposition and Characterisation Facility, University of Cambridge will give a talk on: PVD growth of multilayer structures for superconductor spintronics and nuclear fusion applications.